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he first act of desecration in happened before the first game was even finished, when John Romero and John Carmack threw out the Doom Bible. Id co-founder Tom Hall had slaved over the document, which detailed characters and backstory. He had planned an opening in which a demon burst in on off-duty marines playing cards; only Doomguy would survive. Before long, though, Hall was isolated

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